Go Pack Go Act of 2025

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (Democratic-WI)September 4, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Lets Wisconsin TV viewers in 13 counties choose local channels from nearby in-state markets.

This bill would let cable and satellite TV subscribers in 13 specific Wisconsin counties choose to watch local channels from a nearby city in their own state. Currently, viewers usually only get channels from their immediate local market, but this would give them more in-state options.

What Would Change

Today, cable and satellite subscribers generally only get local TV channels from their immediate local market, with strict rules on distant signals. This bill would let subscribers in 13 specific Wisconsin counties choose to receive in-state channels from a neighboring market instead of, or in addition to, their current local options.

Key Provisions

Defines 13 specific Wisconsin counties where these new TV options would be available.
Requires cable and satellite providers to offer subscribers in these counties the choice of local in-state channels from a neighboring market.
Lets subscribers choose these in-state channels instead of their usual local network station.
Exempts cable companies from needing retransmission consent (permission) for these specific in-state signals.
Ensures these in-state signals would not count against limits on distant signals for satellite carriers.
Requires satellite carriers to offer these new channels only if technically possible, as determined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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Go Pack Go Act of 2025

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